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Table 1 Correlations of patient characteristics with type of intervention by VATS

From: Comparison of postoperative complications between segmentectomy and lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter study

Characteristics

N (%)

Segmentectomy N = 240

Lobectomy

N = 450

P

Center

 1

432 (62.6)

143 (59.6)

289 (64.2)

0.23

 2

258 (37.4)

97 (40.4)

161 (35.8)

Gender, man

375 (54.3)

116 (48.3)

259 (57.6)

0.02

Age

 21–59

168 (24.3)

59 (24.6)

109 (24.2)

0.96

 60–69

248 (35.9)

89 (37.1)

159 (35.3)

 70–79

215 (31.2)

72 (30.0)

143 (31.8)

 80–90

59 (8.6)

20 (8.3)

39 (8.7)

ASA score

 1

6 (0.9)

2 (0.8)

4 (0.9)

0.77

 2

377 (54.6)

134 (56.1)

243 (54.4)

 3

295 (42.8)

99 (41.4)

196 (43.8)

 4

8 (1.2)

4 (1.7)

4 (0.9)

BMI (mg/kg2)

 14.5–18.4

46 (6.7)

17 (7.1)

29 (6.5)

0.46

 18.5–24.9

305 (44.2)

101 (42.2)

204 (45.7)

 25–29.9

223 (32.3)

86 (36.1)

137 (30.7)

 30.0–57.0

110 (15.9)

34 (14.3)

76 (17.0)

Active smoker

293 (42.5)

91 (37.9)

202 (45.0)

0.07

PY, mean (SD)

35.4 (30)

34.2 (29.6)

36.1 (30.2)

0.46

Arterial hypertension

345 (48.6)

121 (50.4)

214 (47.6)

0.47

Cardiopathy

88 (12.8)

26 (10.8)

62 (13.8)

0.27

Diabetes

102 (14.8)

31 (12.9)

71 (15.8)

0.30

COPD

259 (37.5)

99 (41.3)

160 (35.6)

0.14

History of cancer

229 (33.2)

93 (38.8)

136 (30.2)

0.02

FEV1 (%), 28 missing

 24–59

53 (8.0)

21 (9.1)

32 (7.4)

0.42

 60–79

169 (25.5)

64 (27.7)

105 (24.4)

 80–170

440 (66.5)

146 (63.2)

294 (68.2)

DLCO (%), 54 missing

 26–60

125 (19.7)

49 (22.3)

76 (18.3)

0.48

 61–80

238 (37.4)

79 (35.9)

159 (38.2)

 81–154

273 (42.9)

92 (41.8)

181 (43.5)

Indication

 Lung cancer (primary)

596 (86.4)

186 (77.5)

410 (91.1)

< 0.001

 Metastasis

40 (5.8)

27 (11.3)

13 (2.9)

 Benign lesion

27 (3.9)

18 (7.5)

9 (2.0)

 Emphysema

5 (0.7)

0 (0)

5 (1.1)

 Infection

22 (3.2)

9 (3.8)

13 (2.9)

Side, right

375 (54.3)

89 (37.1)

286 (63.6)

< 0.001

Location (lobe)

 Upper right

198 (28.7)

41 (17.1)

157 (34.9)

< 0.001

 Middle right

38 (5.5)

2 (0.8)

36 (8.0)

 Lower right

128 (18.6)

46 (19.2)

82 (18.2)

 2 right lobes

11 (1.6)

0 (0)

11 (2.4)

 Upper left

180 (26.1)

76 (31.7)

104 (23.1)

 Lower left

135 (19.6)

75 (31.3)

60 (13.3)

SLND

614 (89.0)

203 (84.6)

411 (91.3)

0.01

  1. VATS Video-assisted thoracic surgery, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists score, BMI Body mass index, PY pack-year, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEV1 Forced expiratory volume in one second, DLCO Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide, SLND systematic lymph node dissection